"Kirk Corner Notch Typology" 

Suggested Florida Cultural Chain: Clovis-Middle (Muleshoe) Clovis-Ross County Clovis-Suwannee-Union-Greenbrier-Gilchrist-Big Sandy-Bolen-Kirk Corner Notch. 

The Kirk Corner Notch Point was named by Dr. Joffre L. Coe.  This type can be defined as a medium to large sized, triangular bladed, deeply corner notched knife or point form.  Blade edges can be convex to recurvate (in resharpened examples) and may exhibit fine retouch chipping resulting in very fine serrations and light beveling.  Kirk Corner Notch Points usually *exhibit four way beveling and are bi-convex in cross section thus, seperating this particular type from the similar looking Lost Lake Type. 

When encountered this point type is usually observed to be very well made.  Large attractive examples are rarely available and command high prices. 

The gentleman who named this type, Dr. Joffre Lanning Coe (1916-2000), a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, has been noted as "One of the Fathers of American Archeology." 

He began what was to become a lifetime pursuit by corresponding with archeologists and volunteering for archeological projects as a teenager.  In 1936 at the age of 20, young Coe already had the experience under his belt of working in several different states and assisted the fledgling Archeological Society of North Carolina by directing the states first scientific archeological study at the Keyauwee site along the floodplain of Caraway Creek in Randolph County, NC. 

Dr. Coe might best be remembered by considering the hunger and curiosity that exists within humanity to acquire a more meaningful knowledge of culture and most importantly- to share it!  

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